National Parks of USA

[Ewelina Wajgert]

Hanksville - typical western village, in which you can stay for the night. They are motel, 2 stations, and small shop

[Ewelina Wajgert]

Very interesting rock's formation by the road 24 (from Hanksville to Capitol Reef)

[Ewelina Wajgert]

Capitol Reef NP

1. Rocks are white domes of petrified sand dunes
2. Navajo Dome - is a remnant from an ancient
3. Capitol Reef
4. Indian petroglyphs on the rock
5. Close-up of petroglyphs

[Rodger Whitlock]

Very interesting rock's formation by the road 24 (from Hanksville to Capitol Reef)

Google Streetview covers that hwy. 24, making it fairly easy to figure out exactly where Ewalina's beautiful photographs were taken. PICT18302.JPG is evidently .

[Ewelina Wajgert]

I guess, that some of you want to see the next photos from USA. I spent some days on my plot, therefore I had break.

Continuing my thread I have some plants from Capitol Reef NP. Perhaps we managed to identify of them

1, 2, 3
4. The flower of Opuntia
5. A bit modest
6. Castilleja spp.
7. Close-up of Castilleja sp.

[Lori S.]

Terrific photos, Ewelina!  We found Capitol Reef to be one of the most stunningly beautiful and otherworldly of the Utah desert parks. 

#6, 7 is Castilleja spp..

[Ewelina Wajgert]

Google Streetview covers that hwy. 24, making it fairly easy to figure out exactly where Ewalina's beautiful photographs were taken. PICT18302.JPG is evidently .

Rodger,
I have visited before my departure with google Streetview some of the places, that we have planed to visit. It don't render even half-beauty of this places. After watching the pictures from our route I  felt discouragement from visiting America. The same  felt the people, that went virtual with me.

1. Trail to Hickman Bridge - the river carries red silt and stones
2. The way trough Capitol Reef
3. Navajo Dome - this time nearer
4. Hickman Bridge
5. Hickman Bridge once again
6. View of Capitol Reef from the top

[Ewelina Wajgert]

Terrific photos, Ewelina!  We found Capitol Reef to be one of the most stunningly beautiful and otherworldly of the Utah desert parks. 

#6, 7 is Castilleja spp..

Lori,
Thank you for identifing.

For me all the national parks are stunningly beautiful. I have seen all of them the first time, therefore they have made on me magnificent impression. I have visited during this month over 30 attraction and I thought, it is all the best. After homecoming I began to interest, what I haven't seen yet. Now I have new dreams. I hadn't time to visit Glacier Park and all the northern and sothern parks...


1. Capitol Reef
2. Mormon's school in Capitol Reef, opened in 1896.
3. Mormon's school inside

[Ewelina Wajgert]

1. Colorful Organ in Capitol Reef
2. Deserted mormon's orchards, where you can pick fruits (in August)
3. Edge of the park

[Lori S.]

Oh, the best apples we've ever eaten were from the old orchards in Fruita that Ewelina shows here!  I wish I knew what they were, but chances are they wouldn't be hardy here anyway.
Quite a fascinating place... The orchards of apples, pears, apricots, peaches, etc. are now, largely, the campground with the trees providing shade, but there is also an area that is fenced off and kept as an orchard.  The trees are all old historic varieties, and the National Park service tries to replace dying trees with the same type, though some are unknown and irreplaceable.  We visited in fall when the pears and apples were ripe; visitors were then allowed to pick as much as they wanted to eat there, or were asked to pay a nominal fee to pick them to take away; all the picking supplies (poles, baskets, ladders) were right there to be used.  The ground was littered with fruit pits - the deer eat very well there!

EDIT: Actually, I realize now I'm thinking of Zion when I referred to "the most stunningly beautiful and otherworldly"... but I agree, Ewelina - they are all incredibly beautiful!

[Ewelina Wajgert]

1., 2.  Colorado Plateau, where probably is clearest air in America
3. Fairly nice plant, that grew in this place. Who knows it?

[Ewelina Wajgert]

From plateau we climb higher and higher to Dixie National Forest. There is a strong refreshing wind and it is difficult to take the photos. In spite of it I take the series. Maybe some of them are good.

1. Dixie National Forest
2. In the background is Colorado Plateau visible

And the plants

3.
4. Greanium
5. Lupinus

And something for lover of penstemons
6. Penstemon
7. Penstemon

[Lori S.]

#18399 is probably prince's plume, Stanleya pinnata.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

 
More great views Ewalina !
We also visited Capitol reef at the time - and like you I was stunned by the ruggednes and the beauty (same as with all the other parks....  )
I remember doing a little hike there to the entrance of an old uranium mine (very scary...) and through a very narrow canyon - forgot the name - inbetween these magnificent red, slick rock, cliffs ! Loved every minute of it ! 

[Ewelina Wajgert]

#18399 is probably prince's plume, Stanleya pinnata.

Lori,
I have looked at Stanleya pinnata in Google but all the plants are higher as mine. Or it seems to me only...

After all I have some new photos
Our route climb higher to the pass (9600 ft.) in the Dixie National Forest.

1. From the pass we can admire Colorado Plateau once again
2. And beautiful penstemons